Methods development and use of macroinvertebrates as indicators of ecological conditions for streams in the Mid-Atlantic Highlands Region

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 169-212

  Klemm, Donald J ^a   Blocksom, Karen A ^a   Thoeny, William T ^b   Fulk, Florence A ^a   Herlihy, Alan T ^c   Kaufmann, Philip R ^a   Cormier, Susan M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b SOBRAN INC   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Bioassessment; Biological monitoring; EMAP; Methods development; Metrics; Mid Atlantic highlands region; Multimetrics; PCA; Stream condition

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; METRIC SYSTEM; SAMPLING; WATER QUALITY;

IMPAIRED SITES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STREAM;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH; HABITAT QUALITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; RATING SCALE; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INVERTEBRATE; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; INVERTEBRATES; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; ANIMALS;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

FRESH WATER;

EID: 0036707771     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016363718037     Document Type: Article

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